Question 1

According to the text, _____________ is unfair, since under the principles of distributive justice "superior" people will receive more benefits as a result of being blessed with a natural superiority they did nothing to deserve.

Accepted Answer

A)   capitalist meritocracy
B)   capitalist plutocracy
C)   capitalist aristocracy
D)   capitalist democracyE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 2

The Scott v. Sandford decision:

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A)   caused the Civil War
B)   declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
C)   held that slavery was unconstitutional
D)   split the Republican Party and gave the 1860 election to the DemocratsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Once a social movement is observed successfully making its rights claim, other previously silent groups are aroused in what has been called a contagion effect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Adherents of a "living" Constitution tend to be:

Accepted Answer

A)   liberals
B)   conservatives
C)   moderates
D)   libertariansE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The Soviets were committed to destroying the "_______________ family," declaring it was based on the "paternalistic" notion of property-based marriage that exploited women.

Accepted Answer

A)   bourgeois
B)   political
C)   legal
D)   specialE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 6

In the Soviet Union, legal decisions often were made by lower courts on an ad hoc basis to conform to the will of the Communist Party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court ban prayer in public schools?

Accepted Answer

A)   West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
B)   McCulloch v. Maryland
C)   Gibbons v. Ogden
D)   Engel v. VitaleE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Which amendment was viewed by the U.S. Supreme Court as requiring state conformity with the Bill of Rights in economic matters?

Accepted Answer

A)   Fourteenth
B)   Eleventh
C)   Tenth
D)   SeventhE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Which of the following is a constraint that limits the U.S. Supreme Court's ability to produce significant social change?

Accepted Answer

A)   the bounded nature of constitutional rights
B)   the Court lacks the necessary independence from other branches of government
C)   the Court lacks the tools to develop policies and implement decisions for significant change
D)   all of the aboveE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

A strict constructionist believes that moral concerns are the business of the courts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following famous slavery cases may have been instrumental in propelling the more reluctant southern states into revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)   Scott v. Sandford
B)   Somerset v. Stewart
C)   Joseph Knight v. Wedderburn
D)   both b and cE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

The Articles of Confederation has served as a set of guiding principles for the role of law in social change throughout American history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Democratic governments everywhere have encouraged all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   the formation of trade unions
B)   the local control of police and militia
C)   the regulation of business
D)   a progressive income taxE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The president is the ultimate source of law in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Strict constructionists believe that any stance other than strict constructionism leads to:

Accepted Answer

A)   strict moralism
B)   judicial activism
C)   social change
D)   judicial moralismE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 16

The U.S. Supreme Court enjoys rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A society concerned with ____________ knows that nature does not produce a state of equality, and to try to artificially produce one would involve a powerful state apparatus to force one group (the productive taxpayer)  to further the goals of another (the tax consumer)  without the former's consent.

Accepted Answer

A)   fairness
B)   equality
C)   justice
D)   libertyE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Law is a much more efficient instrument of social control and social change if it relies on _______________ rather than brute coercion.

Accepted Answer

A)   legitimacy
B)   activism
C)   norms
D)   valuesE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Law based on universalistic principles of justice, not the customs of one particular subset of society that are defended by _______________, should regulate social behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   positive law
B)   natural law
C)   cultural law
D)   pluralist lawE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

The U.S. Supreme Court's first use of Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution was in the In re Debs case.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Law, Social Change, and the Class Struggle

The U.S. Supreme Court's first use of Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution was in the In re Debs case.

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Which of the following is a constraint that limits the U.S. Supreme Court's ability to produce significant social change?

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Law is a much more efficient instrument of social control and social change if it relies on _______________ rather than brute coercion.

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Which amendment was viewed by the U.S. Supreme Court as requiring state conformity with the Bill of Rights in economic matters?

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Which of the following famous slavery cases may have been instrumental in propelling the more reluctant southern states into revolution?

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The president is the ultimate source of law in the United States.

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Adherents of a "living" Constitution tend to be:

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A society concerned with ____________ knows that nature does not produce a state of equality, and to try to artificially produce one would involve a powerful state apparatus to force one group (the productive taxpayer) to further the goals of another (the tax consumer) without the former's consent.

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In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court ban prayer in public schools?

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Once a social movement is observed successfully making its rights claim, other previously silent groups are aroused in what has been called a contagion effect.

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Strict constructionists believe that any stance other than strict constructionism leads to:

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A strict constructionist believes that moral concerns are the business of the courts.

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Law based on universalistic principles of justice, not the customs of one particular subset of society that are defended by _______________, should regulate social behavior.

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In the Soviet Union, legal decisions often were made by lower courts on an ad hoc basis to conform to the will of the Communist Party.

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Democratic governments everywhere have encouraged all of the following EXCEPT:

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The Articles of Confederation has served as a set of guiding principles for the role of law in social change throughout American history.

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According to the text, _____________ is unfair, since under the principles of distributive justice "superior" people will receive more benefits as a result of being blessed with a natural superiority they did nothing to deserve.

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The U.S. Supreme Court enjoys rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority.

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The Soviets were committed to destroying the "_______________ family," declaring it was based on the "paternalistic" notion of property-based marriage that exploited women.

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The Scott v. Sandford decision:

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